Firmin van Bree (28 May 1880 – 26 March 1960) was a Belgian engineer who played a leading role in developing the Belgian companies that exploited the mineral and agricultural resources of the Belgian Congo. Although involved in a wide range of activities, his primary interest was in diamond mining. During World War II it was suspected that he helped supply the Germans with diamonds from the Congo. After the war he retired to Saint-Jean-de-Luz in the south of France, where he owned three villas and had a small chapel and a crypt built, where he is buried.
Bécéka personnel fostered a "sinister atmosphere" during the tours. FirminvanBree, the director of Forminière, was widely suspected of maintaining German...
Maria Remisius Firminus van den Bosch, better known as Firminvan den Bosch (1864–1949) was a Belgian magistrate and writer. Van den Bosch was born in Peer...
vice-president of Sabena. Due to the links he forged during the war with FirminvanBree, in 1945 he was put in charge of diamond sales of Forminière. He organized...
Walter Braunfels (1882–1954) Charlotte Bray (born 1982) Johannes Bernardus vanBree (1801–1857) Goran Bregović (born 1950) Josefina Brdlíková (1843–1910) Joseph...
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